SUGAR CITY When Jennifer Barrus started teaching orchestra for Sugar-Salem School District 322 some 20 years ago, she started from scratch. It started as an after-school program with a handful of students at Kershaw Intermediate School and Sugar-Salem Jr. High. But when she recently retired at the end of 2022-2023 school year, she had […]
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very potent, Absolut-based slushy has a lot going on: Tropical fruit? Check. Vanilla? Check. Baking spices? Check. Grenadine? You get the idea. Somehow it all comes together, delivering a real bang for your buck (three of these could flatten the middleweights among us) at a very reasonable $8. Non-slushy-related tip: if you start with a Slurricane and want to branch out, weâre all in on Bit Houseâs pandan old-fashioned.
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Eem s Jesus & Tequila
Eem comes through in the boozy slushy category (blushy? is this a thing?) with a double drop of cool and icy thirst quenchers. Most popularâat least judging by how often it seems to sell out and this reviewerâs personal favoriteâis the Jesus & Tequilaâsmoky mezcal softened by lime fro-yo with an extra citrus kick and barely-there bitterness from curaçao. Itâs a meal in itself. Meanwhile, the Mango Blaze is a lighter, z
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PoMo has learned, Le Pigeon plans to reopen May 4 as a tasting menu restaurant, with two seatings TuesdayâSaturday. Diners can choose from a five-course vegetarian or non-vegetarian menu, $115 per person. One of the evening s wine pairing options will come from Fortgang s reserve list.Â
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For now, Le Pigeon s tasting menu will be served outdoors, per the government s new mandated indoor dining shutdown, beginning April 30).Â
On the chopping block for now: the Le Pigeon burger, an icon of Portland eating, bodacious and beastly, a knife plunged through its ciabatta-crusted heart. It simply doesn t fit with the new format. Nor can it move next door to Canard, which has its own iconic burgerâa glorious, steamed White Castle homage. Â I suspect we will see it again, somewhere, maybe even as a pop-up. But for now, the fate of the LP Burger is unknown. Â